UBOS is a TV cartoon series, shown on CBBC, about three friends at magic school and their fount of all magic, UBOS - the Universal Book of Spells. With UBOS’s help, the friends could have exciting adventures and turn to him to find spells to get them out of trouble.

This Flash e-card application allowed the user to choose a scene, write dialogue, and, most importantly, perform spells on behalf of the characters. These included turning characters into a frog or a stone and making them invisible.

The developers were John Kellett and Chris Henden.

Most of the site is text-based, along with forms which enable groups such as volunteer visitors to submit their visit reports directly to the Pensions Department records.

BBC Pensions website

But her involvement with this prestigious singing competition goes back a lot further; in fact she has worked on every competition from its inception in 1983, right up to 2007.

From her earliest days as a TV Production Assistant, Viv has called shots for the outside broadcasts, prepared material for scripting, logged videotape and attended single camera shoots. Later, as Unit Manager, she arranged facilities and compiled budgets, and when the coverage grew larger and more complex in the 1990s, her work as Production Executive put her at the centre of the hub. Everything from the daily crewing schedule, to the arranging of interpreters for the edited interviews, to the rushing of tapes across town for transmission, and much more, crossed her desk, at which she toiled from early morning to late at night.

Art from British galleries was presented in an online gallery, giving the user the chance to find out more about the paintings, the artists and the themes and symbolism represented by the flowers.

Features included a zoom facility, enabling the user to examine each painting in minute detail, and the facility to submit comments about each painting.

The site was nominated for the BAFTA Cymru awards in 2005.

See Painting Flowers website
Thanks to Jo Self for use of her Sunflower painting.

The production was shown on BBC Two in 1998.

The dramatis personae was updated several times to reflect changes to the cast of this popular BBC One soap.

Starting from a much simpler concept first developed for the Welsh language soap, Pobol y Cwm, Viv’s contribution revolutionised the concept, adding the feeling of a linear piece of film and allowing much more freedom for the user’s self-expression.

The graphic artist was Glen Viljoen and the developer John Kellett.

Features included a Ghostcam from a haunted house, features about strange happenings; a paranormal agony uncle; and the chance for users to send in stories about their own experiences.

There were also occasional webchats with people including a witch and a vampire hunter, which were extremely popular.

The competition website provides information, clips and features throughout the 10-day-long event, as well as advance booking details between competitions. It was also a pioneer of audio content, supporting exclusive live streaming of the competition as early as 2001.

Viv has developed the site from its humble beginnings in 1999 to what is now a major resource, attracting interest and input from aficionados of singing throughout the world.